Those who expected the clock to strike midnight on Anthony Smith were sorely disappointed.
“Lionheart” penned the latest chapter of his unlikely Cinderella story in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s light heavyweight division, as he submitted Volkan Oezdemir in the third round of their UFC Fight Night 138 headliner on Saturday at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. Bloodied and exhausted, Oezdemir conceded defeat 4:26 into Round 3.
Smith struggled to find his footing for much of the first two rounds. Oezdemir battered him with leg kicks, trapped him in the clinch and even mixed in a takedown at one point.